Archive for August 11th, 2008
Ender’s Game - The Comic
Sometime later this year, Marvel is scheduled to begin what is the first in what will probably become a number of Ender’s Game-related series. Christopher Yost is doing the writing for the initial 5-part series, with Pasqual Ferry providing the art.
For those who haven’t read it, Ender’s Game is the sort of amazing science fiction [...]
Neandertal Mitochondrial DNA Sequenced
The August 8, 2008 issue of Cell includes a paper documenting the sequencing of mitochondrial DNA extracted from a 38,000 year old Neandertal bone (emphasis added):
A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence was reconstructed from a 38,000 year-old Neandertal individual with 8341 mtDNA sequences identified among 4.8 Gb of DNA generated from ?0.3 g of bone. [...]
Monsterpocalypse Figure Photos
Privateer Press has a full gallery of all of the Monsterpocalypse figures that are part of its kaiju collectible miniatures game it is planning to release in October. My only complaint is having to wait until October to get my hands on these. I especially like that apparently they’re going with a plain base — [...]
bbPress 1.0 Alphas Coming Soon
There was finally some activity on the bbPress front the other day, with an announcement that bbPress 1.0 alphas would be coming over the next few weeks. WordPress 2.6 broke the account integration between WordPress and bbPress 0.9x, and hopefully the 1.0 version will restore that as well as put bbPress back on track.
Punisher: War Zone Trailer
IGN has the Punisher: War Zone trailer — apparently this movie is scheduled for December. And, at least based on the trailer, this one looks as awful as the previous Punisher movies. Then again, if The Dark Knight wasn’t fascist enough for you, this one will probably hit the mark.
Crochet Raygun
Craft’s blog featured this awesome crotched raygun,
